Location: United Kingdom

In the wake of Tony Pidgley's widely-reported comments this week, prime central London estate agency W.A.Ellis has quite rightly questioned what constitutes a 'normal' market.

A brutalist landmark in Vauxhall, SW London, has reportedly been sold for £90m to make way for a £600m luxury resi scheme.

Law firm Taylor Wessing has made two new partner hires to its Private Client practice in London, including a new Head of Resi Property.

London Central Portfolio is eyeing up the pre-election market slowdown with glee.

A rise in the number of "affordable" Scottish estates - around the £1m mark - could herald a new generation of estate owners, claims Scottish agency CKD Galbraith.

Grosvenor has apparently handed a 'wide-ranging' brief to PR consultancy Headland.

Construction firm Bouygues UK has landed a £14.4m contract to transform the former Hempel Hotel in Bayswater into its new guise as a luxury apartment scheme.

Berkeley Homes has launched a new phase of its "landmark" Goodman's Field development in Aldgate in the heart of finance-town.

The Evening Standard's Homes & Property section has launched a new online luxury channel.

Savills has bolstered its building and project consultancy team with the appointment of former CBRE man Andrew D Thompson.

RBKC planners have stepped in to stop an unauthorised basement excavation on Stanhope Mews.

As Victoria hits the property headlines yet again - this time for the sale of New Scotland Yard - local agency Hathaways casts an eye over the developments that are returning this transport hub to…